#238899#238899

#238899 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.091 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238899
RGB	rgb(35, 136, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -22.02, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 27.94, 217.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0777 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.091 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2446, 20.2637, 33.2386)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238899 #993423

analogous

#23996F #238899 #234D99

triadic

#238899 #992388 #889923

tetradic

#238899 #6F2399 #993423 #4D9923

square

#238899 #6F2399 #993423 #4D9923

split-complementary

#238899 #99234D #996F23

monochromatic

#0C2F35 #185C67 #238899 #2EB4CB #5DC8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#238899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238899

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238899	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B839A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 136, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.091 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72abb7',
    500: '#238899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238899;
$custom-light: #72abb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.644,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57872,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238899

secondary

#BE6859

accent

#5A42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238899

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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